Create a new font

Here is a sumarry of how to create a new font. All aspects will be explained.

• Select "New..." from the File Menu. If you want to make a normal font select Unicode. If you want to make some symbols or signs or a signature, you would normally select symbol.
• From the Menu select Glyph->Insert... For example enter 30 to get a 30 new glyphs.
• For each new glyph edit it (double-click and select simple). Either make new contours (from the menu contour->New...) or import an image:
• From the menu, select contours->Import Image...
• Next: open a bmp file that contains the logo or character and press generate.
• Add mappings to each glyph.
• Edit the Advance Width of each glyph (right click->properties)
• Change the naming of the font (General->Name).
• Save the font file and test it. Satisfied? Then install it!

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